pemerintah

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed peng- +‎ perintah, from Malay pemerintah, from Classical Malay pemerintah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəməˈrɪntah]

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• Hyphenation: pê‧mê‧rin‧tah

Noun

pêmêrintah (first-person possessive pemerintahku, second-person possessive pemerintahmu, third-person possessive pemerintahnya)

1. government (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
2. manager

   Synonyms: pengelola, pengurus

Synonyms

• kerajaan (“government”) (Brunei, Malaysia)
• pemerintah (“government”) (Singapore)

Derived terms

• pemerintahan
  • berpemerintahan

• pemerintah bayang-bayang
• pemerintah bayangan
• pemerintah berdaulat
• pemerintah daerah
• pemerintah darurat
• pemerintah de facto
• pemerintah desa
• pemerintah federal
• pemerintah kesatuan
• pemerintah kolonial
• pemerintah nasional
• pemerintah pusat
• pemerintah sendiri

 

Further reading

• “pemerintah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From pem- +‎ perintah (“to govern”).

Noun

pemerintah (Jawi spelling ڤمرينته, plural pemerintah-pemerintah, informal 1st possessive pemerintahku, 2nd possessive pemerintahmu, 3rd possessive pemerintahnya)

1. (Indonesia, Singapore) government (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)

   Synonym: kerajaan

2. ruler

   Synonym: penguasa

Descendants

• Indonesian: pemerintah

Adjective

pemerintah (Jawi spelling ڤمرينته)

1. ruling, commanding
2. governing

Further reading

• “pemerintah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• “pemerintah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.